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The Canadian military launched a rescue mission on Friday to reach several sailing vessels in distress in the mid-Atlantic after high seas and hurricane-strength winds disrupted the Ostar, a race from Britain to the United States.
The defense ministry said it was “responding to distress calls from multiple sailing vessels,” coordinating
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that sucking sound
So what actually happened to Emirates Team New Zealand just before they started in Race 4?
I pre-empt this article by stating this is just a theory based on watching the video along with knowing about some of the challenges other high speed sailing boats have had in the past.
It all
burn ’em down
The lucky Annapolis-based owner of the 41 foot Beneteau Nubian was rescued by TowBoatUS shortly before the Ft. Lauderdale fireboat came to put out this nasty fire. Smart work from the owner, the tow guy, and the firemen to keep this from becoming worse than a barbecue. More photos (courtesy TowBoatUS) and story
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As everyone prepares to watch the America’s Cup, a bunch of Americans have been getting out on their small cats. 50 A-Class boats sailed in the annual Florida Winter Series with the series finishing at an event at St Andrews Bay YC in Panama City.
The US A-Class hired Nick Bowers
get to it
And so it begins. My Santa Cruz 33, (currently Mondo) soon to be Anarchy 3, came out of the water today at Shelter Island Boatyard, not looking half bad! Of course, half of it actually does look bad, but surprisingly not all of it! Obviously we are putting a new
it was and then it wasn’t
St. Lucia to Marathon, Florida, was the most beautiful of passages until it wasn’t.
Twelve hundred miles were full of fine sailing, and the last one hundred full of frustration and despair. The above image of GANNET’s Yellowbrick track only suggests the agony of those last miles.
I was aiming for
kids, don’t do it!
Mothers, don’t let your kids become sailmakers! It will condemn to a life of racing, sailing and having the times of their lives. And they may never escape!
OneSails Australasia hosted the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club youth development squad at the Fremantle loft on Saturday where we designed, cut and made
all of the above
Crazy? Brave? Adventurous? Courageous? Mad? – pick your own adjective to describe Ken Fowler’s daredevil dash up the West Coast of the UK. Only 8 days into the challenge and our intrepid sailor already has back catalogue of tales to last him a lifetime.
To kick off the mighty challenge to
mondo bondage
As the mighty Anarchy sails off to Ohio, I have apparently fallen and hit my head. There is now a new Anarchy and it is the old Mondo, Santa Cruz 33 hull number 2. I have sailed quite a bit on them, notably Freight Train, and I have always really liked
3 days down
Incredibly, the mod 70 Phaedo just set the fastest time to Hawaii, ever, in just over 3 days and 16 hours. Lots of money and lots of talent in this program. Photo thanks to Lolo Seabiscuit.